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October 28, 2016 Hidden Gems, News 4
By Michael Kennedy, Strabane History Society Did you know that there is a crater on the surface of the moon named after a Strabane lady from the Derry Road? On 14th April 1868, a baby girl was born into the…
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September 18, 2016 Hidden Gems 4
Article Author: Michael G. Kennedy “There are strange things done by the ……” so continues the words of Robert Service in a well-known poem. These words could apply to the story of the Urney Bell, once a hidden gem, now…
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May 2, 2016 Hidden Gems, News 10
Article Author: Michael Kennedy When John MacNaghten shot Mary Anne Knox in the coach at Cloghcor near Strabane on 10th November 1761, accidently or otherwise, he was hunted down by Captain Caldwell and his men as a brigand and a scoundrel….
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Hidden Gems series by Michael Kennedy, Strabane History Society If you are looking for hidden gems search no further than the sky above Strabane. Yes! The sky! Everyone sees it…but no one notices it: unless you are a weary traveller,…
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August 4, 2014 Hidden Gems, News 26
The name of James Hughes will not meet with instant recognition in the annals of Strabane. Unlike Dunlap, Wilson, O’Brien or Alexander he did not write a page of history on the world stage or influence the destiny of the…
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